Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-04

IvnL DE YouR MornER, I.IrrLn nan

WILL ne YOUR MOTHER, LITTLE MAIDl
Ere the Princess retired for the evening,
she noticed what she had not previously
seen--simply because it had been hidden by
q large screen-a small bed, and in it tina
sweetest imaginable little rosebud Of a girl.
Long curving lashes swept over tho child's
eyes, and the color in her cheeks was like
the bloom on n peach. Curling locks lay
around her head and set the face In the
most charming frame it could have pos
sessed. The little creature was so lovely in
its sleep, so appealmgly helpless, that tho
heart of Natalie went right out TO 1t, AND
she stopped down and kissed tho infant,
watching il delightedly, all her face aglow
with pleasure.
"What is its name, Banchep
"Dolores, madamoiselle."
"But what does it horel Who are its pa
rentsl"
mo one knows, my lady. It was found in
an asylum in Paris. Tho matron says sho
has preserved its clothes and little locket
that accompanied them ever since the child
was brought there.n
Here she displayed to the gaze Of the now
thoroughly-interested Natalie, set of baby
clothes, marked by great costliness Of ma
terial. A woman's handkerchief, on which
was interviewer an NJ. and u small note in
delicate handwriting, were the only other
articles in the bundle besides the locket.
The note read as follows:
This is my daughter Dolores. She is
well born. l am forced to part with her
All that she must learn of her mother is
that my name is Marie. May the good Jesus
watch her and forgive those who separate
usw
On the locket were engraved the simple
words "Adrie from Victor;;h and interviewer
together, were n lock OF soft tine hair and
one of black, rather coarse hair.
So this little Dolores was without father
or mother; without local habitation, or
even correct surname; for the matron had
called her, as she lay so sweetly sleeping in
the basket in which they found her, Dolo-
res, the Angel.
Blanche explained the presence OF the lit
tie angel with them. Fairfax had decided
10 tell the truth in this case, and, according
ly, had instructed her to say that those who
had caused the Princess to DO placed upon
the yacht had put thereon this little found
ling, ''who had come under their notice and
excited their sympathy, with the hope that
il might also arouse the interest of the
Princess and induce her to give tho little
creature the protection and care it needed"
Was it surprising that this appeal should
be effectuall
Natalie's mother had died when the girl
was very young, Between her father and
herself there existed no love; their sym
pathies were never the same. She always
feared and dislibed him, and, when he
married again, the two became moro than
ever estTanged in affection, il possible.
With the death of her brother had been
severed tho bond Of the only really great
love she had for any being on earth.
A pretty sceno was witnessed the follow
ing morning when little Dolores walked
Up and caught sight Of the lovely fnce Of
Natalie, who lay sleeping in en adjoining
statc-room.
Involuntarily the child gazed in admiring
awe upon the slumbering stranger. Softly
she murmured, pretty lady, and, steal
ing in on tiptoe to the Princess, kissed her
gently.
This was quite enough to waken Natalie,
who naturally was startled at seeing the
little fairy-like apparition by her bedside
In q moment she seized Dolores in her
arms, and in her turn kissed the wondering,
yet pleased child, exclaiming as she did so:
"You dear little creature, No one shall
take you from mo-" ..t.
Dolores triumph was now complete. She
had ensnared the heart Of Natalie, while she
herself Immediately seemed to feel instinct
lively that, in this woman, she had found
protector.
Thus the lives Of Natalie and Dolores
blended, the one with tho other, and the two
were rarely separate, while the hold that
this original pair acquired upon the sailors
was wonderful
1t may well be believed that if the voyage
had lasted a day longer the entire crew
would have deserted, captain and all, and
offered to go into voluntary serfdom to their
beloved ''lady and the little gal"